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Danny, Many thoughts and prayers to you and your family and country right now. Your response to peace is still alive is true. We cannot let the actions of others destroy our quest for peace. Your leader has done great things for many and he lives on in the hearts and minds of those he has touched in any way. In regard to your questions about medications and PD. Have your Mother-in-law take the medications provided for her. They work wonders. My partner, Tom, has been living with PD for 8 years now and calls his medications "miracles". They allow him to have moments of relief from PD. The side effects are much easier on a person than living with the PD without any medications at all. Alternative medicine is wonderful and to keep it a part of your daily regimen is fine as long as you take the traditional methods also. No one thing is right or wrong with PD. Everyone is different, everyone's reactions to the medications is different just as their PD symptoms are individual too. These drugs are here to help us. Why not take them. They will not hurt you. They will give your mother-in-law a better quality of life. She will notice the effects rather quickly after taking the medications. She will have to alter and adjust the medications to best fit her based on her side effects etc. but she best knows her body and what is happening. She will be the best judge and can work with the doctor on the correct balance within the first few months. My only advice for the long run is: realize that as things change in her life, the medications may need adjusting again and again. If you know that you will not be discouraged when it seems as though things aren't working. A change in the medications once again works miracles. Peace to you. Sheila De Vine St. Cloud, Minnesota